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The HoloLens 2 AR Headset Can Now Be Used While Driving

VRScout

Microsoft has partnered with German automotive manufacturer Volkswagon to develop an AR (augmented reality) GPS navigation system powered by Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset. We had extensive discussions,” said Marc Pollefeys, director of Microsoft’s Mixed Reality and AI Lab in Zurich, Switzerland.

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PSA: You Don’t Need Xbox Game Pass to Play ‘Fortnite’ for Free on Quest

Road to VR

It’s true, all you need to play Fortnite on Quest 2/3/Pro with Xbox Cloud Gaming is a free Microsoft account , that and be in a supported region. Microsoft says you’ll need a high-speed internet connection, with best performance at rates of 20 Mbps and 5Ghz WiFi or mobile data connection.

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Packaging the Future

Tech Trends VR

At a 1961 press conference in Switzerland, the company presented the first machine for aseptically filled bacteria-free milk, but they haven’t stopped innovating in the decades since, and are now at the forefront of implementing technologies that will enable it to continue to scale its global operations in a much smarter way. Industry 4.0

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TeamViewer Partners with Almer to Launch Enterprise-XR Headset

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Almer’s history sees the firm’s founders, Beetschen and Timon Binder , use their shared experience working with Microsoft Hololens and Jet Fighter AR headsets to come together to design lightweight, affordable, and scaleable headsets for businesses. billion per year.

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The Best University Courses To Learn Metaverse Skills

Bernard Marr

Huge companies like Facebook and Microsoft are throwing vast sums of money at their attempts to build, and therefore define, the metaverse. At the most fundamental level, the metaverse will be built by software engineers. This is simply because the idea and concepts are still emerging. Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in UX Design.

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Oculus For Business is now available for all companies

The Ghost Howls

The Quest software is tailored at consumers, and for instance, when you open it, the first things that you see is a list of games. Facebook has created the ISV (Independent Software Vendor) program , that helps companies developing solutions for enterprise in expanding their business. Yes, but only if you are relevant to Oculus.

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What is the Influence of Major Corporations in XR and Spatial Computing?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Microsoft and Zoom have also released their respective apps into the Vision Pro this week. It’s still more or less the game of of Microsoft. The software does it all for me. Jay noted: They are having a hard time with several restructurings. Additional money had to come in, and so on and so on. Yep, it’s a monitor.